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--- sessionedit [2025/12/03 16:32] – [Audio Prep] tim45tenwa
+++ sessionedit [2026/01/27 09:13] (current) – tim45tenwa
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 ====== RPG Session Edit Notes ======
+==== Davinci Audio Settings ====
+Create Dialogue Bus
+=== Gemini ===
+**Step 1: Normalize Clips (Quick Leveling)**
+Before touching the mixer, you want to bring all your clips into the same "ballpark."
+  * Go to the Edit or Fairlight page.
+  * Select all clips on all 6 tracks.
+  * Right-click and select Normalize Audio Levels.
+  * Set Mode to "True Peak" and Target Level to -3 dB.
+This ensures no clip is peaking, but brings the quiet ones up to a usable starting point.
+**Step 2: Use the "Dynamics" Compressor (Consistency within Tracks)**
+To fix volume changes within a single track (e.g., someone leaning away from the mic), you need a Compressor.
+  * Open the Fairlight Mixer.
+  * Double-click the Dynamics slot for Track 1.
+  * Turn on the Compressor section.
+  * Set the Ratio to 3:1.
+  * Lower the Threshold until you see the "Gain Reduction" meter moving 3–6 dB when the person speaks.
+This "squashes" the loud parts so you can turn the whole track up without clipping.
+**Step 3: Normalize the Mix to -14 LUFS**
+Instead of guessing with the faders, use Resolve's built-in Loudness Normalization tool at the very end.
+  * Switch to the Deliver page (the rocket ship).
+  * Go to the Audio tab in the Render Settings.
+  * Look for Loudness Normalization.
+  * Change the Standard to YouTube (or ITU-R BS.1770-4).
+  * Set the Target Loudness to -14 LUFS.
+When you render, Resolve will automatically analyze the entire timeline and adjust the final master volume so that the average (Integrated) loudness hits exactly -14 LUFS.
+**Step 4: The "Pro" Shortcut (Vocal Leveler)**
+If you are on Resolve Studio, there is a specialized "Magic" effect:
+In Fairlight, open the Effects Library.
+Search for Vocal Leveler.
+Drag this onto your Dialogue tracks (or a Dialogue Bus).
+This plugin uses AI to automatically adjust the gain in real-time to keep voices at a consistent level. It’s significantly faster than manual compression.
+Summary Checklist:
+  * Clip Normalization: Gets them in the ballpark.
+  * Compression: Smooths out the "hills and valleys" within the track.
+  * Loudness Normalization (on Export): Hits the -14 LUFS target perfectly.
+Would you like me to show you how to set up an Audio Bus so you can apply one single Compressor to all 6 tracks at once?
+---
+=== Chat GPT ===
+On each speaker track add Fairlight Compressor:
+Suggested starting point (speech-safe):
+  * Threshold: -24 dB
+  * Ratio: 2.5:1
+  * Attack: 10 ms
+  * Release: 120 ms
+  * Knee: Soft (0)?
+  * Makeup Gain: OFF
+  * Auto Gain: OFF
+On Each track AI Dialog Leveler
+On the DIALOGUE bus, add FX in this order:
+A) Compressor (glue compression)
+  * Threshold: -18 dB
+  * Ratio: 2:1
+  * Attack: 30 ms
+  * Release: 200 ms
+  * Gain reduction: aim for 1–3 dB on peaks
+This evens speakers relative to each other.
+B) Loudness Meter (essential)
+  * Target Integrated: -16 LUFS
+  * Target True Peak: -1.5 dB
+Leave this open.
+C) Limiter (last!)
+  * Ceiling: -1.5 dB (-2.5?)
+  * Gain: 0
+  * Lookahead: 1 ms
+Add limiter to main buss to match, just to be sure.
+----
 ==== Audio Prep ====
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   * Export video and audio separately from fbr files, from me and Dave.
+----
+==== Audio Edit Gain values for about - 10db level
+  * Dave -4db
+  * Tim -6db
+  * Howard -12db
+  * Pete B -12fb
+  * Pete N ?
+  * James F ?
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 Subtitle export params
+  * Pete N
+    * Max line length 55 (9)
+  * Pete B
+    * Max line length 58 (6)
+  * Tim
+    * Max line length 56 (8)
+  * Howard
+    * Max line length 55 (9)
+  * James
+    * Max line length 54 (10)
+  * Dave
+    * Max line length 60 (4)
   * Max line length 50
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+==== Word Dictionary ====
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